Re:Who does that server really serve? (2010)
by generalizations on Friday January 29, 2021 @04:14PM
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This looks like the thesis of the article:
> Our solution to this problem is developing free software and rejecting proprietary software. Free software means that you, as a user, have four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program as you wish, (1) to study and change the source code so it does what you wish, (2) to redistribute exact copies, and (3) to redistribute copies of your modified versions.
I'm not seeing how anyone is being denied profits. This seems focused on the user, and the choices the user should make, rather than the provider of the SaaS and what they ought or ought not to receive. Maybe I missed something?
> Do your own computing with your own copy of a free program, for your freedom's sake.
> Our solution to this problem is developing free software and rejecting proprietary software. Free software means that you, as a user, have four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program as you wish, (1) to study and change the source code so it does what you wish, (2) to redistribute exact copies, and (3) to redistribute copies of your modified versions.
I'm not seeing how anyone is being denied profits. This seems focused on the user, and the choices the user should make, rather than the provider of the SaaS and what they ought or ought not to receive. Maybe I missed something?
> Do your own computing with your own copy of a free program, for your freedom's sake.